Payroll Expert - Spain

About Remote

Remote is solving modern organisations' biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future-focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.

We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform. If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!

The position

• Help build and maintain the future of payroll with Remote Product, Engineer and Operations teams.
• An environment where your in-depth knowledge and expertise on payroll processing makes a difference.
• Identify solutions to challenges, inconsistencies, and obstacles by collaborating with necessary stakeholders.

Requirements

• Expert in-house payroll experience in Spain.
• Experience implementing and managing payroll software.
• Experience working on payroll systems and services in a multi-product, high-growth scale-up company.
• Proficiency in data manipulation (e.g. SQL, Excel, Sheets).
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, international work environment with a passion for making an impact.
• You understand the need and ideal to work largely asynchronously.
• It's not required to have experience working remotely, but it is considered a plus.
• You write and speak fluent English.
• You write and speak fluent local language in one (or multiple) of these countries: Germany, Spain, Netherlands.
• Experience in payroll operations UAT (User Acceptance Testing) management is a plus, but not a requirement.

Key responsibilities

• Help build and maintain the future of payroll with Remote product, engineer and operations teams.
• Ensure proprietary payroll software compliance with all government, corporate and country-specific regulations, policies and procedures.
• Manage and coordinate all aspects of proprietary payroll software deployment in given country.
• Create and manage all proprietary payroll software training resources, including quick start guides.
• Maintain frequent communication with stakeholders.
• Coordinate with remote internal teams to facilitate testing and integration.
• Work closely with remote teams, including Product, Engineering, Tax and Accounting to develop Payroll solutions through proprietary software.
• Identify solutions to challenges, inconsistencies, and obstacles by collaborating with necessary stakeholders.
• Evaluate Vendors based on needs and obligations of Remote to ensure compliance with statutory requirements as well as company requirements.

Practicals

• You'll report to: Sr Director, Country Payroll Compliance & Audit.
• Team: Global Payroll Operations.
• Location: Anywhere in the World.
• Start date: As soon as possible.

Remote Compensation Philosophy

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labour practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

Benefits

• Work from anywhere.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Flexible working hours (we are async).
• 16 weeks paid parental leave.
• Mental health support services.
• Stock options.
• Learning budget.
• Home office budget & IT equipment.
• Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces.

How You'll Plan Your Day (and Life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

How To Apply

Please fill out the form below and upload your CV in PDF format. We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.

If you don’t have an up-to-date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

We encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritise a sense of belonging.

At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritising human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience.

Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.